“…[T]hat was one of the major reasons I left Freethought Blogs. There were just too many atheists and not enough Christians. I found myself arguing with the atheist commenters, some of whom showed no better critical thinking skills then the ignorant believers I have encountered here time and again. Atheists do not, on the whole, have much better critical thinking skills than the general populace. We don’t see it until there is a disagreement, for until then it looks like we agree because we are good thinkers.”

Here’s another very interesting post by Loftus, in defense of William Lane Craig (yes, you read that right):

NO uncivil comments, please, and no schadenfreude. Instead, I’d welcome thoughts from readers on how to promote courtesy and politely deflect baiters and other contentious people, without generating rancor in the process.

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I posted this before on another thread here, but I’ll repost it again: critical thinking skills should be taught in class at the high school level.

And Loftus’ complaint confuses me. There weren’t enough Christians at FreeThought blogs? As a Christian, I’d avoid places like that because I wouldn’t see the purpose in arguing with atheists all day long when I could be doing something more productive.

I completely agree. Critical thinking skills are invaluable, and the earlier they are taught the better. Another thing that people need to be more aware of is their own cognitive biases – a subject about which much research has been done in the past few decades. Readers may go here for a brief summary: